Organizations, large and small, using Microsoft products and cloud need extensive Microsoft licensing and cloud knowledge to be able to consult their internal stakeholders, optimize licensing expense and negotiate with Microsoft or partners. This seminar is targeted at Procurement officers, IT Managers, Software Asset Management staff, license managers and other individuals who deal with Microsoft licensing and cloud (corporate and governmental customers).
Employees of Microsoft and Microsoft channel partners cannot attend this seminar and better register for the Microsoft and Partner Licensing Training.
After this intensive three-day seminar you will be able to:
- Minimize chances of under-licensing and other kinds of non-compliance
- Avoid over-licensing and over-expense
- Recognize options for cloud-cost-reduction
- Prepare signing new or renewing agreements
- Be ready for new scenario’s, hybrid, on-premises, Bring Your Own License, etc.
Topics on the agenda
- Legal base of Microsoft licensing
- Licensing affiliates and subsidiaries
- Key resources such as Product Terms, explanation and demo
- Client licensing (Windows 11, cloud desktop, Office, Visio and Project desktop applications)
- Visual Studio / Github development tools, including acceptance and test environments
- Server Licensing (Windows Server, System Center, Office Servers (Exchange, SharePoint, etc.) SQL Server, CAL and CAL Suite licensing)
- Moving Server workloads to Azure, AWS and other providers or outsourcers
- Online Services (tenants, Azure, Hybrid Benefits, Reservations, Azure Savings Plan, Prepayment, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Windows 365, Microsoft Security Solutions, Power Platform licensing, EM+S), transitioning to online services scenario’s
- Commercial Licensing Programs, including licensing affiliates and the audit clause
- Cloud Solution Partner program, key information for end-customer organizations
- Commercial Licensing (MBSA, MPSA, Enterprise Agreement, EA/EAS, SCE, Microsoft Customer Agreement, Open Value and Open Value Subscription)